Holst-Warhaft, Gail
HOLST-WARHAFT, Gail
HOLST-WARHAFT, Gail. Australian, b. 1941. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Music. Career: Educator, writer, translator, musician, and poet. Journalist and musician in Greece, 1970s; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, adjunct associate professor, acting director of Institute for European Studies. Publications: Road to Rembetika: Music of a Greek Sub-Culture: Songs of Love, Sorrow, and Hashish, 1975, 3rd ed, 1983; Theodorakis: Myth and Politics in Modern Greek Music, 1980; Dangerous Voices: Women's Laments and Greek Literature, 1992; (ed. with D.R. McCann) The Classical Moment: Views from Seven Literatures, 1999; The Cue for Passion: Grief and Its Political Uses, 2000. Contributor to books and periodicals. Poetry published in journals. Translator of poetry and prose from modern and ancient Greek by N. Kavadias, A. Zei, I. Kambanellis, Aeschylus, and M. Theodorakis. Address: 113 East Upland Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850, U.S.A. Online address: glh3@cornell.edu